How to install MonoGame in Visual Studio 2013?

Question

How to install MonoGame templates for Visual Studio 2013 ?

Answer 1

Assuming you want C # templates:

• Install MonoGame from here

• Locate the Visual Studio Templates folder (usually C: \ Users [your username] \ Documents \ Visual Studio 2012 \ Templates \ ProjectTemplates \ Visual C #)

• Copy the MonoGame folder to the Visual Studio 2013 \ Templates \ ProjectTemplates \ Visual C # folder.

Answer 2

UPDATED January 7, 2014

For those who want to use Monogame, you can download 3.2, which provide support in 2013.

The installer is available at http://build.monogame.net/job/develop-win/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/Installers/Windows/

If you try this way, you do not need to make any copy for project templates.

UPDATED January 9, 14

3.2 the assembly has some problems now. Check out the common problem here http://monogame.codeplex.com/discussions/467277

Answer 3

Paul McCout's answer is correct.

Also, if you don't have Visual Studio 2012 on your computer, just create a folder hierarchy, as he said. (C: \ Users [your username] \ Documents \ Visual Studio 2012 \ Templates \ ProjectTemplates \ Visual C #) Then the Monogame installer can find the folder for copying the templates.

Update : I do not have a visual studio 2012 installed on my machine, so I had to solve some problems.

I edited some files on each template that I wanted to use looking for links to DLLs on visual studio 2012, then I changed the versions of these DLLs from 11 to 12.

Now it works!

Answer 4

You can find the tutorial on this site. This is the github repository of the MonoGame project, so the link should work as long as the infrastructure is being developed.

You can also check out this 4-part tutorial on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYCWl2jU0zI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedtwoL9_M0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR_JWVI2lEk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h5uHUck79A

Answer 5

Now Mono 3.4 can be downloaded directly for Visual Studio, and the installer will automatically install the templates in Visual Studio. Installers are available here .